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Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research (SAWBAR) is pleased to announce and

invite applications for various SAWBAR Awards for the year 2020. The awards are bestowed to

researchers who have done pioneering and innovative work in the field of wheat and barley

research leading to enhanced production through development of new advanced technologies, their

widespread adoption at farm level which led to better price realization and improvement in Indian

small and marginal farmer’s livelihood.

Society Awards and Fellows

1. Prof. Mahatim Singh Memorial Award (Annual-01): The award is sponsored by Dr. GP Singh,

Director, ICAR-IIWBR, Karnal in the memory of his father, Late Prof. Mahatim Singh. The award

will be given to a young scientist who is pursuing novel work in the field of wheat and barley

research and is a life member of the Society. The awardee will be decorated with a Plaque of

Merit, Certificate with citation and cash prize of rupees ten thousand only. The selection will be

based on their significant research achievements made during the past five years i.e.

2015 - 2020. The applicant must be a life member of the Society and should be below the

age of 45 years as on 30/06/2020

2. Dr. MV Rao Memorial Award(Annual-01):The award is jointly sponsored by Sri M Srinivas

Rao, Trustee, MV Rao Foundation for Agriculture and Development, Hyderabad; Dr S.V. Sai

Prasad, ICAR-IARI RS Indore; M/S Syngenta India Limited, Indore, Shri Manmohan Dhoot,

Kanood and M/S Vasundhara Seeds, Ujjain in the honour of Padma Shri Dr. MV Rao, a key

architect of the Green Revolution and a doyen of Indian agriculture. The award will be given to a

Distinguished Scientist who has made outstanding contribution in the field of wheat and barley

research in India. The award consists of a Plaque of Merit, Certificate with citation and cash prize

of rupees ten thousand only. The applicant must be a life member of the Society and should

be of 55 years or above as on 30/06/2020

3. Dr. S. Nagarajan Memorial Award (Annual-01):The award is jointly sponsored by the staff of

ICAR-IIWBR; Wheat Research &Technology Fund (WRTF) and few scientists of AICRP on Wheat

and Barley. The award is institutionalized in the memory of Dr. S. Nagarajan to recognize and

encourage the basic/ applied/ strategic research in wheat and barley. The awardee will be

decorated with a Plaque of Merit, Certificate with citation and cash prize of rupees ten thousand

only. The applicant must be a life member of the Society and should be of 45 years or

above as on 30/06/2020

SAWBAR AWARDS (2020) Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research (SAWBAR)

ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR) Post Box # 158, Kunjpura Road, Karnal – 1320 001

Phone: 0184-2209164, Email:[email protected]

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4. Best Woman Scientist Award (Annual-01):The award is sponsored by SAWBAR and WRTF.

The award is institutionalized to recognize and encourage the women scientists who have done

pioneering and extra ordinary basic/ applied/ strategic research in wheat and barley. The

awardee will be decorated with a Plaque of Merit, Certificate with citation and cash prize of

rupees ten thousand only. The applicant must be a life member of the Society. There is no

age bar for this award.

5. SAWBAR Fellows (Annual--06): There will be two fellows chosen from Crop Improvement and

one each from Crop Protection, Resource Management, Quality and Basic Sciences, and Social

Sciences. Applicant must be a life member of the Society for the preceding 5 years. There is

no age-bar for SAWBAR Fellowship.

6. Best Paper Award (Annual-01): Best paper certificate will be given among the papers

published in all the issues of previous volume i.e. Volume 11.

7. Most Cited paper (Annual-01): The paper with maximum citations during previous five years

will be given a certificate.

1. Please use award specific prescribed proforma only. The application proforma can be downloaded from http://sawbar.in/sawbar-awards/

2. Applications in any other proforma will not be considered.

3. The applicant must be a life member of the Society and has paid all the dues by the closing

date of the application for applying for Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award, Dr. MV Rao

Memorial Award and Dr. S. Nagarajan Memorial Award.

4. For applying for SAWBAR fellow, the applicant must be a life member of the Society for at

least 5 years at the closing date of award application.

5. The age limit for Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award is less than 45 years, Dr. S. Nagarajan

Memorial Award, the age should be 45 years or above, and for Padma Shri Dr. MV Rao

Memorial Award the age should be 55 years or above . There is no age limit for applying for

SAWBAR fellow and Best Woman Scientist Award.

6. For Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award, the selection will be based on the significant

research achievements made during past five years i.e. 2015 - 2020.

7. Minimum 60 marks are required for qualifying for the award.

8. Applicants getting equal and maximum marks will share the award.

9. The applicants can apply for any one of the award and SAWBAR fellow.

10. The award(s) will be presented during the Annual General Body meeting of the Society.

11. An additional advantage of maximum 5 marks will be given to the applicants who have published

papers in Journal of Cereal Research (earlier known as JWR and WBR).

12. Please attach scanned copy of the certified first or relevant page as a proof for each

claim/publication made in the application.

13. Claim without proof will not be entertained and no marks will be given for the claim.

14. For technology claim, please attach proper document in the form of publication in the peer

reviewed journal or package of practice recommended by the University/ Institute

General Guidelines for Various SAWBAR Awards (2020)

http://sawbar.in/sawbar-awards/

15. Give executive summary of your achievements in 150 words in Part A of the application

16. Mention clearly the name of award applied in the subject line.

17. The application duly signed and forwarded by the Competent authority in the

prescribed proforma should be sent as pdf file to [email protected]

18. Application sent to any other account of the society or office bearers will not be

entertained.

19. The last date for applications is 30th June, 2020.

20. The applications received after the closing date (30th June, 2020) will not be entertained.

21. SAWBAR office bearers are not eligible for any award except SAWBAR Fellow.

22. In all matters relating to the award, the decision of the award committee shall be

final and no correspondence on this account will be entertained.

23. For more detailed guidelines and award specific proforma, please visit the Society's website



S.no. Activity Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award

Dr MV Rao Memorial Award

Dr. S. Nagarajan Memorial Award

SAWBAR Fellow

Best Women Scientist Award

1 ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION 10 5 5 5 5

Academic Performance

(Bachelor’s degree onwards:05

marks for Ist division 03 for 2nd

division and 01 for 3rd division)

Academic Performance score will be averaged

2 EXPERIENCE IN WHEAT AND BARLEY RESEARCH

10 15 15 15 15

Number of years completed

(1.0 mark for each complete year of experience)

3 PUBLICATIONS Full marks to first and corresponding author, 0.75 to co-authors

35 25 30 30 30

Score card for Evaluation for Various SAWBAR Awards (2020)

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3a Publications in Journal of Cereal Research (earlier known as Journal of Wheat Research and Wheat and Barley Research) Each paper published in Journal

of Cereal Research (earlier known as JWR and WBR) will be given 1.5 marks; maximum marks will be 5.0

5 5 5 5 5

3b Publications (Other Refereed Journals) Ten best research papers

published for Prof Mahatim Singh Memorial Award and total NAAS score (as per NAAS 2020 ratings) will be multiplied by 0.1

20 best research papers published for Dr S Nagarajan Memorial Award and SAWBAR Fellow and total NAAS score (as per NAAS 2020 ratings) will be multiplied by 0.05

15 best research papers published for Dr MV Rao Memorial Award and total NAAS score (as per NAAS 2020 ratings) will be multiplied by 0.05)

20 15 20 20 20

3c Other Publications 10 5 5 5 5 I. Books authored with ISBN numbers

only (minimum 100 pages): 2 mark for each author. (Maximum marks 4)

II. Books edited with ISBN numbers only (minimum 100 pages): 0.5 marks for each (Maximum marks 2)

III. Book chapters/Popular article/Technical article/ Technical reports/Extension folder/Newsletter 0.25 marks each (Maximum marks 5)

IV. Extension/ Research Bulletin/Manual/Compendium(min





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imum 25 pages): 0.50 marks each (maximum marks 5)

V. E-publication, Technology inventory and concept series published 0.25 marks for each (Maximum marks 3)

4 PRODUCTS/TECHNOLOGIES/PATENTS 3 marks for PI or lead claim, 1.5 marks for Co-PI/Co-Claim for each output

25 30 25 30 30

4a Innovative technologies developed, participatory technology developed, prototype, genetic stock, variety, product, vaccine, diagnostic kit, process, concept, methodology, software developed/Expert system developed/Decision support system/ models developed /Equipment or machinery designed or developed:

4b Technology spread and impact assessment

Wide spread adoption of the variety /planting materials /tools / machinery / technology developed etc. by the farmers / clients across the system / country with a perceptible impact (2 marks each)

Adoption of concept /methodology /product by research and academic members accreditation received , users of developed software’s, expert systems etc

Success stories/case studies published(2 marks each)

Frontline demonstrations





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Conduction of FLDs

(1 mark for each FLD conducted)

Compilation and Reporting of FLDs

(1 mark for 1000 FLDs)

TV or Radio talks (1 mark each; Maximum 2 marks)

4c Patents and IPR: 2 marks for each

patent granted; 3 marks for the

patent which is granted and

commercialized

5 RECOGNITION & AWARDS/SPECIAL ATTAINMENTS

5 10 10 10 10

International and National Awards, fellows awarded by recognized societies/bodies like DST, DBT, ICAR, NAAS, INSA (2 marks each)

Post-Doctoral Fellowships: 1 mark.

Institutional or recognized professional societies award / institute award/ fellowship / journal editor/appreciation letters: 1 mark each (maximum 3 marks)

Best Paper, Best Posters, Best Presentation 1 marks each (maximum 3 mark).

6 CAPACITY BUILDING/INSTITUTION BUILDING ACTIVITIES

10 10 10 10 10

6a Training conducted/imparted: Duration <5 days: 1 mark each; 6 to 20 days: 2 mark each; 21 days or more: 3 marks each

6b Major Facilities of more than 25 lacs created in laboratory or in field





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(1 marks each) 6c Resource generation by externally

funded projects (more than 10 lacs each) (1 marks each)

6d Field day/ farmers fair, exhibitions,

Kisan Divas, Awareness programme

etc.

(1 mark for each activity )

6e Member of committees related to

Institution building

6f Teaching &Student guide/ co-guide:

1 mark for each Master’s Degree

awarded as guide, 0.5 mark to co-

guide. 2 marks for Ph.D as guide

and 1 mark as co-guide.

Teaching: 0.25 mark for each

course/ semester

7 SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION IN WHEAT AND BARLEY Maximum 10 bullets (250 words)

5 5 5 5 5

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